Chegg.com hiring 415 in Shepherdsville

Chegg.com, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that rents textbooks to college students, is hiring to fill about 415 temporary positions at its warehouse in Shepherdsville, Ky.

Michelle Jessee Vincent, director of staffing for Louisville-based Ahead Human Resources Inc., said her firm is handling the staffing for Chegg.com.

Vincent said the warehouse needs about 350 warehouse workers and 65 clerical employees through February. This is the busiest season of the year for Chegg.com, Vincent said, because college students are returning books from the fall semester and ordering books for the spring semester.

Vincent said computer skills are necessary for all positions, with more advanced knowledge of Excel spreadsheets necessary for the clerical jobs. The positions pay an average of $11 per hour.

Some temporary workers could be offered full-time positions later in the spring, Vincent said.

In all, Vincent said, Chegg.com will have about 600 temporary positions during the next three months in addition to its 50 full-time positions.

Chegg.com moved into a 100,000-square-foot warehouse, a former Linens ‘n Things distribution center, in November 2009 after outgrowing a 60,000-square-foot warehouse on Allmond Avenue in Louisville.

Vincent said applicants must apply in person at the Ahead Human Resources office at 2209 Heather Lane in Louisville. Applications are being accepted from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and applicants must bring a driver’s license and Social Security card.

If they pass a drug test, new hires could begin work the day after applying, Vincent said.